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Cowardice - Definition and Overview |
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Cowardice is a vice. Conventionally it is the corruption of prudence. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not take consequences to their furthest extent.
Cowardice is not fear, but rather a submission to vice that uses fear as a pretext. Here's an example of virtuous fear: We all fear to dive head-first into a swimming pool the depth of which we do not know. An example of cowardice would be to refuse to testify against a crime lord, merely because one might risk death.
A concomitant of cowardice is effeminacy.
- See also: virtue,
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Example Usage of Cowardice |
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zwitscherhorst: To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy Cowardice of surrender to conformity. |
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randompassword: guzi>H8o #password - The surest protection against temptation is Cowardice.
-- Mark Twain |
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akargosrani: Shiv Sena is such a coward! They proved their stupidity and Cowardice yesterday..If you beat up the media..the media will bite you back! |
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